The Bridge

When even a few miles
apart aches
your embrace cannot
reach me
the space in between
seems a turbulent sea
the dark of the night
is a thick curtain
through which I cannot see
love is the bridge
to always reach
you

©RoseGirl2025

Shelter

Tree, can I shelter
for a moment
underneath you
for there is rain
running down
my cheeks
Can you hold me here
listen to the storm
inside my heart
Your branches are like arms
Can I stand here quietly
before I continue
on my path

©RoseGirl2025

The Song You Sing

I’ll be your song you sing
that comes
from deep within
that caresses your vocal cords
dances on its strings
strokes your lips
and finds its way out

Your song that
touches hearts
that is before you
around you
that echoes you
Until singer and song
become one

©RoseGirl2025

My Country

My country envelopes you
as if it were me
My waters, my canals
My vast land
With every step you take here
you touch me
I touch you

In the capital
you’ll find
the depth of my heart
I’ll be your guide
your solid ground
on which you make
new discoveries

©RoseGirl2025

The Rose Garden

We travel, we move
but always there is
the rose garden
to return to
to harvest our love

Roses still bloom
even in early autumn
trees stand firm and tall
in harnony

We travel
but maybe,
we’re not going anywhere
‘cause everywhere you look
it’s about me and you

©RoseGirl2025

All

All – A Song Of Hope by Marieke

When I feel lone and down
desperate and it aches
I call upon my soul
Let light come in
Let love come in
Let it find its way to all

We are one, we are whole
we are all
The sun and the moon
the thunder and the rain
We are one, we are whole
we are all

Lyrics and Music by Marieke

©RoseGirl2025

To Rest

Can I lay my heart to rest
in your arms
so it can soften, relax,
feel: all is well
its flood of salt water
can dry up in your sun
its racing beat slow down
in sync with yours
like a song
that makes hope sound

©RoseGirl2025

A Stream To Follow

The river,
there’s always the river
to return to
water that moves and connects
that feels, that longs and knows
in its depth
A stream to follow
do not let your eyes drown in it
but let it clean and cradle
your soul

Let it carry you,
take you
to that so welcome shore

©RoseGirl2025

The Other Half

Maybe the night is just the night
and not a monster that attacks me
that shows its teeth
and bites

Maybe the night is just the night
if you’re here with me
in sweet dreams
and loving lullabies

Then maybe the night
is just
the other half of the day

©RoseGirl2025

Traces

I follow a thousand traces
The song of a bird
in the morning
The clovers in the grass
The sun that breaks through
on a rainy day
A butterfly that flutters
around me
And all those traces lead to you

©RoseGirl2025

Looking Into Love

Storylines and fairy tales
Waves and shakes
Thunder and storms
And even the songs
the poems, the words,
the notes
the rain, the pearls
it all fades away
when I look
into your eyes again
‘cause it’s the heart that matters most

©RoseGirl2025

Silent Witnesses

It seems like
the forest is back the forest again
Nothing to see
no more
of how we once walked here together
in the wilderness
of our silent dreams
Has the soft moss forgotten
our footsteps?
The branches that once bowed for us

Or are all the words
we didn’t speak
in fact, still carved
into every tree

©RoseGirl2025

Breakthrough

Dear little crocus,
you’ve dreamed
in the dark about the light
and now it’s time
to rise from your bulb
to make the earth burst
and show the world
your flower

Not by willpower
but you let your gentle strength,
your true nature
unfold itself
allowing, whispering

And now you’re still
so vulnerable
feet can trample you
back into the dark
in an instant
but in you is still the new
the flower has already seen the light

©RoseGirl2025

I AM

In the stillness of the evening
when there’s nothing left to say,
nothing left to do
beneath the surface of fears
and thoughts,
there’s only I AM
where I merge with you

©RoseGirl2025

Bare Tree

The tree is bare
and is stripped from all
that doesn’t belong to it
It has let go
Meanwhile rooted
in all that is true
and nourishing
As it knows
only from nakedness
it can blossom and bloom

©RoseGirl2025

Planted Wishes

The flower bulbs under the ground
are yet safely held in winter’s rest
and gather their forces
before they will reach out
towards the sun
But if you listen carefully
you can already hear
their sweet voices
softly singing their song of spring

©RoseGirl2025

Where Are You

Where are you?
I’ve asked the wind to blow
my song into your ear
But the wind, moving from
east to west
and north to south,
has no clue
where to find you
Maybe because
you are where the wind
cannot come
you’re in the untouched space
where love resides
you’re in me
in the eye of the storm

©RoseGirl2025

In The Cocoon

In the cocoon
the dark shows itself
in many shades
it holds threads
of the past
and yet the wings
of the future
It holds rest
it holds roots
it holds the many faces
of bad dreams
it holds the promise
of me and you

Because one day
when it’s time to fly
the dark will burst
and open
into colourful rays

©RoseGirl2025